ADD 0284 + (P335229)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0284 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P335229 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal Transaction |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa14 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [NN and] Sadaya, his mother, a total of 2 person(s) — |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | Urdu-Issar, chamberlain, [has contracted] and bought them [from] Salmanu-imme for 1 1/2 minas of silver [by the min]a of the king. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | The money [is pa]id completely. Those people [are pur]chased and acquired. Any revocation, [law]suit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (Guaranteed against) [seiz]ures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud [for]ever. |
| Obverse [8:17] o 9'9'–o 17'17' | Whoever in the future, [at any ti]me, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract [whether] Salmanu-imme or his sons [or] his [grand]sons or [his] brothers [or] his [nephew]s or [...] [o]r his governor or [...], and seeks a lawsu[it or litigation] against Urdu-Issar and [his sons] and his nephews |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Witness ...]-šallim, village manager of the household of the [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Witness Da]nnaya, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Witness ...]-ilu, 'third man'. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [Witness ...]-ila'i, cohort commander. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Witness Ta]riba-Issar, head porter. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Witness Šul]mu-mati, chief singer. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Witness Na]bû-balassu-iqbi, husinnu man. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Witness] Šamaš-ila'i, lackey. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Witn]ess Ha-bašti, head porter. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Wi]tness Bel-duri. Witness Šamaš-ereš. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [Witn]ess Tagalî. Witness Nabû-kuṣuranni. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [Mon]th Tebet (X), 28th day, eponym year of Mar-larim. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] {⸢mi₂}sa-da-a.a AMA⸣-šu₂ PAB 02 ZI | |
| 2' | [u₂-piš]-ma {1}ARAD—{d}15 {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂-a-ni | |
| 3' | [TA@v {1}{d]}DI-ma-nu—im-me ina ŠA₃ 1 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 4' | [ina ma-ne₂]-e ša₂ MAN TI-qi₂ kas-pu gam-mur | |
| 5' | [ta]-⸢ad⸣-din {lu₂}UN-MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 6' | [za]-⸢ar⸣-pu laq-qi₂-u tu-a-ru | |
| 7' | [de]-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu | |
| 8' | [ṣib]-tu₂ be-nu ina 01 me UD-MEŠ sa-ar₂-tu₂ | |
| 9' | [a-na] ⸢kal⸣ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš | |
| 10' | [ina ma-te]-ma i-zaq-qup-an-ni GIL-u-ni | |
| 11' | [lu-u {1}{d]}DI-ma-nu—im-me lu-u ⸢DUMU-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | |
| 12' | [lu-u DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ⸢PAB-MEŠ⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 13' | [lu-u DUMU—PAB]-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—PAB]-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ⸢da⸣-[x x] | |
| 14' | [lu]-u {lu₂}NAM-su lu-u [x x x x x] | |
| 15' | ⸢ša⸣ TA@v {1}ARAD—{d}15 u [DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 16' | DUMU—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ de-⸢e⸣-[nu DUG₄.DUG₄] | |
| 17' | ub-ta-ʾu-u-[ni x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ DUG₄ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢EN⸣-šu₂ x ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [IGI {1}{d}x]—šal-lim {lu₂}⸢GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂}⸢GAL—URU-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ {lu₂⸣}[x x] | |
| 4' | [IGI {1}⸢dan⸣-na-a.a {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ [o] | |
| 5' | [IGI {1}x]+⸢x⸣—DINGIR {lu₂}03-šu₂ | |
| 6' | [IGI {1}x x]—DINGIR-a.a {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 7' | [IGI {1}ta]-ri-ba—{d}15 {lu₂}GAL—I₃.DU₈ {lu₂}GAL—I₃.DU₈ | |
| 8' | [IGI {1}⸢DI⸣—KUR {lu₂}GAL—za-am-ma-ri {lu₂}GAL—za-am-ma-ri | |
| 9' | [IGI {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—TI-su—DUG₄.GA {lu₂}ša₂—hu-si-ni-šu₂ | |
| 10' | [IGI {1}{d}UTU—DINGIR-a.a {lu₂}ša₂—E₂—02-e | |
| 11' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}ha—ba-aš₂-tu₂ {lu₂}GAL—I₃.DU₈ {lu₂}GAL—I₃.DU₈ | |
| 12' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}EN—BAD₃ IGI {1}{d}UTU—KAM-eš | |
| 13' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}ta-ga-li-i IGI {1}{d}PA—KAD₃-an-ni | |
| 14' | {⸢iti⸣}AB UD 28-KAM₂\t lim {1}mar—la-rim | |
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